Mumbai, Oct 22 (UNI) BSE Sensex on Thursday slipped by 176 pts to open at 40,531.31 on profit-booking by local operators at a higher level.
The Nifty of National Stock Exchange too fell by 47 pts to 11,890.
The Sensex registered intra days high and low at 40,721.57 and 40,413.65 pts respectively.
The Nifty registered intra days high and low at 11,939.55 and 11,853.55 respectively.
The Mid Cap rose by 0.11 pc and Small Cap by 0.29 pc.
In 30 scrips, 12 advanced while 18 declined.
The losers were ICICI Bank by 1.55 pc to Rs 413.85, Sun Pharma by 1.07 pc to Rs 484.45, Powergrid by 0.95 pc to Rs 162.15, Nestle India by 0.87 pc to Rs 15,876.10 and Asian Paints by 0.80 pc to Rs 2097.35.
The gainers were Bajaj Finserv by 2.48 pc to Rs 6052.20, Bajaj Finance by 1.57 pc to Rs 3284.15, Bharti Airtel by 1.40 pc to Rs 424.90, L& T by 1.07 pc to Rs 934.50 and Axis Bank by 0.85 pc to Rs 505.75.
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